Went back and read the transcript, and I read a lot less into it than others than have suggested it means LE knows who the killer is, or that LE believes the killer is a clergyman or a father with girls. To me, most of what they said indicates that they they're back a few spots along the board and need help moving forward, and trying to use the odds in their favor. I hope I'm wrong and they're close to getting the killer, or that even if I'm not wrong, that the PC works magic and it prompts someone to provide information that leads to the killer.
We're seeking the public's help to identify the driver of a vehicle that was parked at the old CPS DCS welfare building in the city of Delphi that was abandoned on the east side of County Road 300 North next to the Hoosier Heartland highway between the hours of noon to 5:00 on February 14th 2017. If you were parked there or know who was parked there please contact the officers at the command post at the Delphi city building.
IMO, they are asking for help that is geared toward figuring out who the suspect is because they don't know who it is.
We are releasing additional portions of the audio recorded from that day. Please keep in mind the person talking is one person and is the person on the bridge with the girls. This is not two different people speaking. Please listen to it very, very carefully. We are also releasing video recovered from Libby's phone. This video has never before been previously released. The video shows a suspect walking on the bridge. When you see the video watch the watch the person's mannerisms as they walk. Watch the mannerisms as he walks. Do you recognize the mannerisms as being someone that you might know? Remember he is walking on a former railroad bridge. Because of the deteriorated condition of the bridge the suspect is not walking naturally due to the spacing between the ties.
IMO, they are asking for help identifying the suspect because they don't know who it is.
During the course of this investigation we have concluded the first sketch released will become secondary as of today. The result of the new information and intelligence over time leads us to believe the sketch which you will see shortly is the person responsible for the murders of these two little girls.
They've said the second sketch was created way back when in February 2017. IMO, they must have had some reason back then to run with the first and keep the second under wraps back then, and since then either (i) forgot about the second until something reminded someone of it, (ii) had something come out that raised doubts about the validity of the first sketch, or (iii) learned something that favored the second sketch over the first, or (iv) some combination of those three.
We also believe this person is from Delphi. Currently or has previously lived here, visits Delphi on a regular basis or works here.
IMO, this isn't really all that noteworthy. How likely would it have been for someone wasn't from or was unfamiliar with the area to be there, kill the girls, and disappear?
We believe this person is currently between the age range of 18 and 40 but might appear younger than its true age.
For me, this is the most interesting thing they said because it's not clear what led them to this conclusion - is it the sketch? Something else?
Directly to the killer who may be in this room. We believe you are hiding in plain sight.
I don't really see much significance in this. Most murderers do hide in plain sight! And often times, murderers are want to know the impact they're having and find out what LE knows and doesn't know, so the in this room thing doesn't mean much to me.
For more than two years you never thought we would shift gears to a different investigative strategy but we have.
For me, this is more damning about the investigation than anything to do with the killer. He's basically admitting that they were on the wrong path for two years, and assuming the killer had started to believe that LE would never get on the right path.
We likely have interviewed you or someone close to you.
IMO, this is just the odds. They've interviewed a lot of people. The odds are good that one of them is the killer or someone close to the killer.
We know that this is about power to you and you want to know what we know. And one day you will.
IMO, this is just stating the obvious - of course the killer wants to know what LE knows.
The question to you: what will those closest to you think of they find out that you brutally murdered two little girls, two children? Only a coward would do such a thing.
IMO, I think he's just taking a shot at the guy and trying to upset him or piss him off so he makes a mistake.
We are confident that you have told someone what you have done or at the very least they know because how different you are since the murders.
Again, IMO, this is just stating something for which the odds are high to try to make the guy nervous and make a mistake. It's also a message to others to think about people they know who might fit the description and who have seemingly acted differently since the murders. It could signal that they think the person is a first timer, but the odds are good that it is a first time killer - or at least a first time child killer.
We try so hard to understand how a person could do something like this to to two chil to two children. I recently watched a movie called The Shack and there's also a book that talks so well about evil, about death and about eternity. To the murderer I believe you have just a little bit of a conscience left and I can assure you that how you left them in that woods is not, is not what they are experiencing today.
If they're from the local area, odds are they have a Christian background and upbringing, and IMO, this part is trying to have it both ways - appealing to someone who may have some guilt or conscience to do the right thing or to hit at someone who has pride in feeling he exercised some sort of power over the girls or the girls' family by pointing out that he failed, as he didn't end their lives because they live on in Heaven.
